Cushion-tire.



c. WEIIQAND.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

JIWWE CHARLES warnmo, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.-

CUSHION-TTRE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented.Ap1'i1 27, 1909.

Application filed March 14, 1908. Serial No. 421,061.

To all 'whom it may concern.

Belt known that I, CHARLES WEILAND, a

resident of Chicago, in the county of Cookhereof.

and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushion- Tires, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to cushion-tires and more particularly to the means employed for securing the elestic body or strip to the rim'.

The invention designs to provide improved means for securing the elastic body in the rim-channel and consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion In the drawings: Figure'l is a perspective, parts being shown in section, of a portion of a wheel embodying the preferred form of the invention. ,Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fi 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a sirfia elevation of a wheel havin the imroved tire applied thereto, and l'ig. 5 isa ongitudinal section illustrating a modified form 'of the invention.

The im roved tire comprising a rim and an elasticody 12 held in the rim. The rim comprises a felly 10 which constitutes the base of the rim and rings or plates 15, se- 1 80 cured'tothe felly by through-bolts 15 constitute the sides of the rim-channel whereby the elastic body is held against lateral movement.

F elly 10, which may be of usual construction, hassecured to its outer face or periphcry, a strip or band 11 which may extend ent'irely around the telly. I I desired, the band may be constituted of a series of strips.

Strip or band 11 forms the base of the channel in which the elastic body 12 is held. Strip 11 is secured to the telly by bolts 13, the heads of which are held in recesses or ockets liformedin or on strip 11, the outer ace of the band being separated from the periphery of the telly to provide spaces be tween the strip 11 andthe l'elly l'or the'purpose hereinafter set forth.

The elastic strip or body is endless in form to extend continuously around the rim and its base seated snugly and fits around strip 11: The elastic body is secured to and anchored in the rim-channel by a series of stays or cross-bars 16, which extend laterally through the elastic body near its base and legs 17 which may be integrally formed with said crossbars respectively, and which have their lower ends extending through slots 18 in the telly-strip 11 and are secured against outward movement by enlargements or heads 19 at their lower ends which are ada )ted to engage the inner face of strip 11. r ots 18 are formed in raised portions of stri 11 so that the heads on legs 17 may be disposed between the strip 11 and the felly, and so as to leave the heads free to move inwardly when the elastic body is compressed vertically. Each cross-bar or stay 16 is provided with a plurality of legs 17 so that the elastic body Wlll be held against outward movement at each side thereof. This construction constitutes a slip-connection between the anchors and the rim-strip or strips, for securing the elastic body against outward movement. The ends of the cross-bars or stays 16 are arranged to project laterally from t 1e elastic body and into guide-ways or recesses 20 formed on the inner sides of the side-rings 15 respectively. This construction forms a sliding-connection between the stays or cross-bars and the rim, whereby the elastic body will be secured against longitudinal movement in the rim.

Iii-assembling the tire, the strip 11 is first securely connected to the telly by bolts 13. The elastic body is then sli )ped laterally around the telly strip 1 1 in suc 1 manner that legs 17 will enter slots 18 in the strip 11, said slots extending to one edge of said strip so that the'legs can pass into them. The projecting portions of the heads 19 will then be held by the band or strip 11. The siderings 15 are then secured to the telly. \Vhen the parts have been thus secured together, the elastic body will be firmly secured against outward movement in the rim-channel and between the rim-sides 15. The sliding connections between the ends of the cross-stays 16 and the side-rings 15 permit the elastic body to be com ressed and secure the stays against lon itudinal movement in the'rim. The spaces between the rim-band or strip 11 and the telly permit the connections for". securing the elastic body .against outwardmovement, to yield inwardly when theits resiliency will not be materially affected by the securing-means. The tire can also be quickly removed from, or replaced on, the rim when desired. Furthermore, the cross-stays are cohnected to the rim so that they can yield inwardly with the elastic body and so they will secure the elastic strip against longitudinal movement in the rim.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 5 a fiat strip or band 11 is secured to the felly by bolts 13 and the telly has formed therein recesses or grooves 21 in which the heads 19 are disposed so they may move inwardly;

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details illustrated and described since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. v

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1.- In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body seated in the rim and having an integral baseortion extending between the rimsides, anchors secured in said body, a strip secured in the rim and adjacent the base of said body, and a detachable connection between the anchors and said strip, said-con nection permitting the entire elastic body to be removed from one side of the strip.

2. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body, a strip secured to the rim and disposed adjacent the -base-portion of said body, and a connection between said anchors and said stri) for holding the anchors to secure the b0 y against outward movement, said connection comprising heads on the anchors and adapted to be held by said strip.

3; In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rini comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body and projecting inwardly from the base-portion thereof, a strip seatcdin the base of the rim and having raised portions, and a connection between the raised portions of said strip and the anchors for holding the anchors to secure the body against outward movement.

- 4. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprisinga base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body and the base-portion tiereof andprovided with heads, :and a-Mstrip securedto -tli'e rim and having raised portions, said heads being disposed to be held by the raised, portions of said strip.

5. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion held in the rim, anchors secured in said body comprising cross-stays or bars in said body and legs rigid with said stays, a strip secured to the rim and disposed adjacent the base ofv said body and a connection between said legs and said strip for holding the anchors to secure the body against outward. movement.

6. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a baseortion seated in said rim, anchors secure in said body, each comprising a cross-bar or stay, and a plurality of inwardly extending legs connected to the bar, a strip secured to the rim and disposed adjacent the base-portion of said body, and a connection between said anchor-legs and said stri for holding the anchors to secure the b0 y against outward movement.

7. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body, each com rising a cross-bar or rojecting inwardly from stay, and'aplurality o inwardly extending legs connected to the bar, a stri secured to the rim and dis osed adjacent tli tion of said b0 y, and a connection between said anchor-legs and said strip, for holding the anchors to secure the body against outward movement, said legs rojecting from the base of the body and having heads adapted to be heldby said stri 8. In a cushion-tire, the com ination of a e 'base-porrim comprisingv a felly and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body, a strip secured to the periphery of said felly and disposed adjacent the baseportion ofv said body, and'a connection between said anchors and said strip for holding the anchors to secure the body against outward movement, spaces being formed between said strip and said felly to permit a part of said connection to move inwardly when the elastic body is compressed.

9. In a cushion-tire, the combination of a rim comprising a base and sides, an elastic body having a base-portion, anchors secured in said body and comprising cross-bar's or stays and legs, a strip secured to the rim and disposed adjacent the base of said body, and a connection between said legs and said strip for holding them to secure the body against outward movement, said sides having guides or recesses therein, said cross-bars having their ends projected into said recesses t0 secure the body against longitudinal l1l0V6- and anchors secured in said bodyn-nd coument. necter'l to the strip to secure the body against- 10 10. 111 aeushiomtire, thecomhiuauon of a; outward movement. rim comprising sides and IL felly, an elastic CHARLES W E {L AN D 5 body, astrip or band secured tothe rim and on which the elastic body is held, and having Witnesses: depressed portions, bolts in said depressed FRED G RLAOH, portions and extending through the fell LEONE S. RUSSELL. 

